Mind mapping is a simple way to organize your ideas for a project or to remember arguments in texts you read.
Using a mind map makes it easier to see the connections because you illustrate them.
You can use a mind map when you are going to find an idea for a project, if you are making notes to a text or to get an overview of what you have learned in a course. You can also try to create a mind map in order to understand how theories an concepts relate to each other.
- Find a piece of blank paper and a pencil.
- When you make a mind map start with ex the main theme of a project, a key word in an idea or a phrase from a text – put it in the middle.
- From this main theme, key word or phrase you should write association, ideas, thought, argument etc. that are generated.
- Connect all these new posts both to your starting point but also to each other. This can give you a better overview of a text or new ideas on how to structure a project.